Trousers-press.



- PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. O. M. MORSE.

TROUSERS PRESS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN. 1e, 1904.

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Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OEETCE.

ORVILLE M. MORSE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

TROUSERS-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION lforming part of Letters Patent No. 766,645, dated August2, 1904.

Application filed January 16,1904.

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Be it known that I. OavILLn M. MORSE, of Jackson, in the county ofJackson and State 1 of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Trousers-Presses; and I hereby declare that thefollowing' is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying' drawings, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to furniture, and has for its object to provide atrousers-press of simple construction, efiicient in operation, and easyof manipulation, which may be conveniently associated with a chairwithout detracting from the appearance of the latter.

With a view to attaining these and other objects which will becomeapparent from the following description, my invention consists in thefeatures of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear eleva` tion of an article offurniture constructed in accordance with my` invention. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a similar' sectiontaken on line 4 4 of Fig. Q.

rllhroughout the drawings like characters l have herein shown and willdescribe my improved press as associated with a chair as affording aconvenient structure for supporting the press. The chair structureproper may be of any preferred design, that which l have illustratedcomprising a seat 10, supported upon the legs 11 11' and 12 12', andvertical back rails 13 13'. A back board 14 is provided between therails 13 13', said board presenting' on its rear side a smooth surfaceand being of sufficient thickness to aiford the requisite strength toperform its function asa part of the trousers-press. The

back structure of the chair serves as a base structure for the press,and I will hereinafter term the chair back board 14 the base-board ofthe press.

The trousers-press comprises generally a pressure-board having avertically-central area iixedly secured to two fiat longitudi-Seria1N0.l89,250. No model.x

nally extending springs, the free ends of which are adapted forassociation with the base structure in such a way that they tend to holdthe pressure-board in close contact with the base-board 14.

Specifically, 15 indicates a pressure-board of substantially the sameconfiguration as the base-board, but of less width than the latter',secured to a plurality of transverse strips 16, arranged in avertically-central area of the board. Said strips at their outer endsproject laterally beyond said pressure-board and are securely fastenedin any suitable manner to two vertically-extending spring members 1T 17,arranged in parallelism to the side edges of the pressure-board. Thesespring members are preferably wooden strips of substantially equallength to the pressure-board, adapted when in place relative to saidpressure-board to fit nicely between the rails 13 13 of the basestructure.

The means shown as provided for the attachment of the springs 17 1T' tothe base structure at their upper and lower ends comprise hinges 1S 18,pivotally connecting' the spring 17 to the rail 13 of the base structureon the one side and releasable latch connections between the spring 17and the rail 13 on the other, said latch connections comprising movablelatch members 19 19, secured to the spring at its bottom and top, andcoacting socket members Q 20, mounted on the corresponding side rail 13of the base structure.

In operation the movable latch members 19 are disengaged from theirsocket members 20, and the pressure-board, with its springs, ispivotally swung on its hinges 18 to open position. Then the trousers,(indicated at T,) properly folded, are laid between the base structureand the pressure board and the hinged pressure-board is returned toclosed position. Obviously the intcrposition of the trousers between thepressure-board and the base-board 14 prevents the return of thepressure-board into contact with the said baseboard, the springs 17 17yielding centrally, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to permitthe pressure-board to maintain its parallelism to the base-board in aposition suitably removed therefrom to accommodate the trou- IOO sers.It will be apparent that when the latch members 19 and 20 are engagedsaid springs press the board l5 with a constant pressure upon thetrousers, thereby pressing them into proper shape.

While I have herein described in some detail the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art thatnumerous changes might be made in .the specific construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

l. Atrousers-press,comprisingabase structure, a pressure-board, verticalsprings connected to said pressure-board intermediate their ends andarranged on opposite sides of said board, and connections between thefree upper and lower ends of said springs and the base structure.

2. Atrousers-press comprising a base structure, a pressure-board,longitudinal springs eX- tending along opposite sides of said,pressureboard and connected to said pressure-board intermediate their ends,hinges connecting the free ends of one of said springs with the basestructure, and releasable latches connecting the free ends of the otherspring with said base Structure.

3. A clothes-press, comprising a vertical base-board, a pressure-board,longitudinallyextending springs arranged on opposite sides rails, apressure-board adapted for coaction4 with said base-board, springsextending longitudinally of the base structure in parallelism to thepressure-board ,between the rails, connection between saidpressure-board and the springs arranged intermediate the ends of i thelatter, hinges connecting the upper and lower ends of one of saidsprings with a rail of the base structure, and releasable latching meansfor connecting the opposite spring to Athe opposite rail of the basestructure at its upper andV lower ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aHiX my signature 1npresence of two witnesses.

ORVILLE M. MORSE. In presence of- HENRY BEIsWENGER, ALBERT BRAUN.

